Meggen, Lucerne, Switzerland
As a retail construction professional, I have honed the leadership, project management and strategic planning skills necessary to successfully build out cutting-edge retail stores. I have managed projects from an owner’s perspective, for a construction management firm, and spent thousands of hours working on job sites. With this depth of knowledge as a foundation, together with my drive for innovation and passion for construction, I have developed a successful track record managing projects from pre-construction through financial close-out. Specialties & Skills: Commercial retail construction, project management, retail strategy, pre-construction planning, site surveying, cost estimates and budget formation, scheduling, contract negotiation and management, lease negotiation, design development, drawing and specification reviews, quality control, maintenance, project close-out, logistics planning, shop-in-shop construction.
• Act as the owner’s representative for the construction of a luxury three-building, 20-apartment development • Manage ongoing maintenance and remodeling projects of a 90-apartment building in Luzern • Conduct thorough drawing reviews and attend design review meetings to ensure the owner’s design intent and finish selections are communicated and implemented • Perform quality control through on-site monitoring during the construction phase
• Managed the construction of Apple retail stores throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, and England • Responsible for all phases of 15 new store projects and well over 100 remodel projects, including several high-profile stores and store-within-a-store construction approaches • Project sizes ranged from US$3 million to $12 million for new projects, and US$10,000 to $4 million for remodel projects. Annual projects managed totaled US$25 million to $30 million. • Project tasks included: initial site survey; cost estimates and budget formation; construction schedules; review of all design details; general contractor and vendor pricing review; management of external architects, engineers, and consultants; permitting; generation of contracts; overall cost control; quality control; project close-out; handover to internal operations team; management of the one-year warranty period. • Led the development and maintenance for one of eight regions in Apple’s North American fleet. My region consisting of 33 retail stores spread over 10 states, annual revenues of US$1 billion, annual customer foot traffic count of over 21 million people, and 3000 employees. • Responsible for the initial roll-out of Apple’s first mall retail stores throughout Australia • Spearheaded the complete remodel of 61 North American store locations within six months. Construction continued 24 hours per day, 7 days per week at multiple locations throughout the United States and Canada.
• Managed all functions of the Estimating and Purchasing Department for a high-end retail general contractor, including materials and fixtures budgets, procurement, permitting, subcontractor search, submittals, project close-out, and warranty • Participated in senior management decisions and determining overall company direction • Managed the initial contact and development of a strong working relationship with vendors and subcontractors • Prepared estimates, schedules, budgets, and contracts for projects ranging in value from US$10,000 to $8 million
• Responsible for warranty work of all projects throughout North America during their one-year warranty period • Managed projects such as entire storefront replacements, sales floor and back of house remodels, and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing system modifications • Created mock-ups for new and existing client concepts as they developed and evolved their brand